عربي | Fr

News
Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment since 1973

Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo

Ebola scientists to probe Nigeria case origin, Africa CDC says

Nigeria’s Tinubu launches re-election campaign as economic pain tests support

Borr Drilling rig sinks off Gabon, one person dead and four missing

Senegal party that controls parliament comes out against revised budget bill

Uganda to impose 21-day quarantine on returning citizens with Congo travel history

Second Tanzanian opposition figure faces death penalty after treason charges

Madagascar pauses corruption cases relating to ex-president, officials
Analysis
Abiy Ahmed Tested: How the Tigray Alliance Is Reshaping Ethiopia’s Security—And What Comes Next

AfCFTA: The Trade Rules Poised to Weave Africa’s Fragmented Textile Markets into One

Angola’s fuel subsidies spending projected to hit $4 billion in 2026, official says

Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, bringing total number to seven

The global panel on inequality needs African evidence: here’s how it could work

Why Africa needs a new credit agency

Africa’s mineral strength is wasted if countries don’t work together – new report

Ethiopia’s peace deal is unravelling – what went wrong with the Tigray agreement

DR Congo: The INGA Dam Paradox
Studies

A study shows wind and solar projects in Kenya and South Africa don’t always benefit the communities that host them

Angola’s lengthy war shaped the way farmers utilised fire—why it matters

Schooling is the most severely affected by conflict when children are the target – Study

Pensions for Botswana’s elderly are expanding, but care services are lacking—study follows 20 years

60 new cosmic structures have been discovered by South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope, which is mapping previously unseen gaps between galaxies

Coup contagion? A rash of African power grabs suggests copycats are taking note of others’ success

One in three South Africans have never heard of AI: what this means for policy

Social Media as a Catalyst for the Spread of Dangerous Wealth Ritual Myths

Overcoming Education Barriers for Young Mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Infographics
Figures

Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556-1627): Writer and scholar

Hage Geingob (1941–2024): Former President of Namibia

José Maria Neves: President of Cape Verde

Jorge Bom Jesus: Linguist and former Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe

Joseph Leabua Jonathan (1914-1987): Former Prime Minister of Lesotho

Adama Barrow: President of the Republic of The Gambia

Paul Kagame: Former military officer and president of Rwanda

Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695): Afro-Brazilian leader of the great Palmares Quilombo

Léon M’ba (1902-1967): First president of independent Gabon
History

Loango ancient slavery harbour, the Republic of the Congo

Archaeological site of Tchitundu-Hulu, Angola

Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park, Central African Republic

Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa) National Park, Malawi

Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region, Ethiopia

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya

Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Bassari and Bedik Cultural Landscapes, Senegal
Others
Countries
- Country profiles
- Regions

No Result

View All Result

No Result

View All Result

عربي | Fr

No Result

View All Result

Historical Readings

Historical readings on African events from African scholars and experts.

Central Africa

Loango ancient slavery harbour, the Republic of the Congo

October 9, 2026

Historical Readings

Archaeological site of Tchitundu-Hulu, Angola

October 4, 2026

Central Africa

Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park, Central African Republic

September 17, 2026

Historical Readings

How South Africa’s deplorable situation is undermining Nelson Mandela’s legacy

July 19, 2023

The questioning of the 1994 settlement, and therefore Mandela’s legacy, has different dimensions, running through diverse narratives. One, associated with...

Historical Readings

New date set for return of Patrice Lumumba’s tooth

May 25, 2022

A new date has been set for the return of a tooth that was all that remained from the Congolese...

Central Africa

DR Congo marks 25 years since fall of Mobutu’s rule

May 17, 2022

The Democratic Republic of Congo will on Tuesday mark 25 years since the collapse of the authoritarian rule of Mobutu...

Historical Readings

Africans and African-Americans would honour Martin Luther King by rekindling their bonds

January 13, 2022

By Julius A. Amin* During an official visit to Washington DC in 1962, Cameroon’s founding President Ahmadou Ahidjo informed President...

Historical Readings

Small seashells: A big story of slavery and transoceanic trade

September 3, 2021

By Justine Wintjes* In the archaeology storerooms of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, lie two boxes filled with seashells. The shells...

Historical Readings

A long view sheds fresh light on the history of the Yoruba people in West Africa

June 28, 2021

By Akinwumi Ogundiran* The Yoruba are among the most storied groups in Africa. Their ancestral homeland cuts across present-day southwest Nigeria, Benin Republic and Togo...

Historical Readings

Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution

April 13, 2021

By Eleanor Scerri* Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as...

Historical Readings

Survey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history

March 22, 2021

By Benjamin Roberts*, Gregory Houston*, Jare Struwig*, & Steven Gordon* The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates...